K-Reit shareholders approve $400 million rights issue

Shareholders of Singapore-listed real estate investment trust K-Reit Asia yesterday approved a rights issue that will see the trust raise S$551.7 million $400 million for the partial refinancing of a loan. The loan was taken up to cover the acquisition last year of a one-third interest in One Raffles Quay, an office and retail complex in the heart of Singapore.

The rights issue is fully guaranteed by its sponsors Keppel Corporation and Keppel Land, which jointly own about 72.7% of...